Emma Raducanu issued an amusing apology to her compatriot Katie Boulter as the former celebrated a hard-fought second-round victory at the 2025 Australian Open on Thursday.

Elo ranking, which takes into account the quality of opponents, puts 2021 US Open winner at world no 13 – ahead of Katie Boulter

Holger Rune, Alex de Minaur, Iga Swiatek, Jasmine Paolini and Elena Rybakina also advanced to round three, but Frances Tiafoe was upset by Fabian Marozsan, and another shock result in the men's section saw Hubert Hurkacz knocked out in straight sets by Miomir Kecmanovic.

Katie Boulter made a heart-warming request to the Australian Open staff during her fiance Alex de Minaur’s second-round match. Boulter and De Minaur have been labelled tennis’ power couple, with the pair having announced their engagement late last year.

The Australian Open produced another shock as qualifier Tien stunned three-time finalist Medvedev in the match of the tournament so far